carnivalesque

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“It kills me how out of touch Cuomo is,” she said, dressed in black leggings and taking pictures with her pink iPhone of the carnivalesque “No Kings” rally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Food trucks, games, a band and balloons made the atmosphere carnivalesque.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

The result is part carnivalesque caricature and part generic smiley face.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Most of the time, there was a warm, carnivalesque atmosphere, but a crowd’s mood can also change at the speed of light.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

The crowd, which thickened most in the Piazza di Venezia, had grown more and more carnivalesque in attire and behavior.

From Roman Holidays, and Others by Howells, William Dean